A dormitory manager buys 38 bed sheets and 61 towels for $791.50. The manager get another 54 bed sheets and 50 towels for $923 from the same store. What is the cost of one bed sheet and one towel?
Let s be bed sheets and t be towels. We have two equations:
Let s be bed sheets and t be towels. We have two equations:
- 38s + 61t = 791.50
- 54s + 50t = 923
- s = 12
- t = 5.5